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World Environment Day 2025: Tackling the Global Plastic Crisis to Regenerate Our Food Systems
29.05.25Photo credit: Calf with trash; Vrindavan, India. Apercoco Since 1974, World Environment Day has mobi…
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Food Policy Priorities for A Changing World
28.05.25IFPRI’s 2025 Global Food Policy Report reflects on 50 years of progress and examines priorities…
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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction
27.05.25By Sara Gustafson and Rob Vos May 27, 2025 As the Israel-Hamas conflict rages on in…
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AI sparks a new agricultural revolution in the Global South
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Big data
On a sunny April morning in Nairobi, the United Nations compound buzzed with more than…
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Empowering dryland communities through drought early warnings to enhance resilience
14.05.25Amidst the challenges of drought, climate change, conflicts, and other shocks that significantly imp…
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International Day for Biological Diversity 2025: Agrobiodiversity for People and Planet
13.05.25Photo credit: Investigación para Entorno Alimentario y Comportamiento del Consumidor. CIAT/Juan Pab…
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New study develops forecasting tools for better detection and control of dengue in Vietnam
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A new article published in the journal PLOS ONE (27 Nov 2019) reports on the…
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Building an Africa without hunger
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Food security
Thirty-two scientists from 21 countries graduated from the African Plant Breeding Academy, led by U…
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New CGIAR ‘GENDER’ Platform and investment announced to build more inclusive agricultural benefits and greater food security in developing countries
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Gender equality
Nairobi, Kenya, 18 December 2019 — CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future,…
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We can expand large-scale irrigation in Africa – carefully
19.12.19In the past two decades, African farming systems have made an important evolution. They are…
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The CGIAR Value Chains Community of Practice 2019 workshop: Methods for Diagnosing and Evaluating Agricultural Value Chains
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Food security
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Gender equality
The workshop, organised by PIM and Wageningen University and Research, brought together the CGIAR Co…
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As fires rage in Brazil, a new book shows how agroforestry can heal damaged land
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Agroforestry systems (AFS), which combine trees and crops on the same land, can increase productivit…
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What we’re missing in the climate-migration story
18.12.19Published as an Op-Ed on Devex The stories are stark and frequent. Climate refugees and…
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‘Science of Discovery to Science of Delivery’ discussed at University of Cambridge
18.12.19Partnerships are key to deliver on ICRISAT’s mission of ‘Science of Discovery to Science of…
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CRP-GLDC team and the partners visit the Plant Transformation Laboratory (PTL) at Kenyatta University, in Nairobi
18.12.19The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) held its annual ‘Scienc…
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Philippines approves Golden Rice for direct use as food and feed, or for processing
18.12.19December 18, Philippines - After rigorous biosafety assessment, Golden Rice “has been found…
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New web app allows you to investigate performance of agricultural technologies
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
They all need robust evidence to inform activities and management decisions and ultimately get more…
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UN Climate Convention learns of agroforestry for land restoration in Brazil
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Biodiversity
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
Senior scientist Andrew Miccolis shared success stories of restoration with agroforestry, including …
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Prevention is better than cure
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Food security
Whenever seed is transferred between countries, continents or regions there is an inherent risk that…
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STAARS Fellowship Program: 2020 Call for Proposals
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Gender equality
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Poverty reduction, livelihoods & jobs
The Structural Transformation of African Agriculture and Rural Spaces (STAARS) fellowship program ca…
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Non-party actions will hold the key as negotiations fail to deliver ambitious action
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
The 25th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP25) con…
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What must be done to get toxin out of Kenya’s food supply
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Health
In this article republished from The Conversation, Vivian Hoffmann shares insights on risks associat…
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Can weather index insurance help farmers adapt to climate change?
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Climate adaptation & mitigation
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Food security
Fourth in a series of blog posts examining the role of risk in agriculture under…
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Call for abstracts now open: ANH Academy Week 2020
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Nutrition
The 2020 Agriculture, Nutrition and Health Academy Week will be held in Malawi from 29…
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